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Function documentation Subcontracting Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

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By procuring a material using subcontracting, you provide your vendor with materials needed to produce the finished product you have ordered.

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Procuring a material using subcontracting includes the following steps:

  1. You order the finished product with a subcontract order. The components the vendor needs for the production of the finished product are entered in the purchase order.
  2. You provide your vendor with the components by posting the materials from the unrestricted-use stock to the SC stock (stock of material provided to vendor). This stock is located at your vendor, but remains the property of your company until the goods receipt of the finished product.
  3. The vendor provides their service and delivers the ordered material. With the goods receipt of the finished product , you post the consumption of the components.
  4. If the vendor does not report the consumption until after the goods receipt posting, and an excess /underconsumption occurs, a subsequent adjustment is required to correct the consumption.
  5. The vendor bills their service. The invoice will be posted in the invoice verification (see the SAP standard documentation for special features of Structure link subcontracting in invoice verification).

The AFS system generally supports the subcontracting process at SKU level. For deviations from the SAP standard as well as restrictions and enhancements, please see the documentation on:

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